• Contracting with federal agencies regarding food and related support services

Duration: February 21, 2017 to March 31, 2019

General Issues: Government Issues

Spending: about $80,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2017: House of Representatives, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), General Services Administration (GSA), U.S. Senate, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), State - Dept of (DOS), Peace Corps, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Small Business Administration (SBA), Natl Archives & Records Administration (NARA), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)